It's not whether you're Democrat or republican, but when we get on the floor is where we get into problems with members who aren't familiar with farm programs. What I'd like to see us do this next time is, you know, This last farm bill was 80% food stamps, 20% farm programs. Back in the 60s, when we started putting together these two to get farm bills passed, it was 50, 50. 50% of the farm bill was food stamps, 50% was farm programs. (06:50–06:56)
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